H7200 — רָאָה (râʼâh)¶

Core Data¶

Strong's: H7200
Original: רָאָה
Transliteration: râʼâh
Pronunciation: raw-aw
Part of Speech: Verb (primitive root)
Occurrences: 1,205 unique verses (1,601 tokens) across 38 books
First Occurrence: Gen 1:4 — "And God saw (wayyarʾ) the light, that it was good"
Hapax Legomenon: No (one of the most common verbs in the OT)

Lexicon Definition¶

A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative):—advise self, appear, approve, behold, certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, indeed, joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, surely, think, view, visions.

Verb Stem Distribution¶

Stem	Count	Typical Meaning
Qal	1,125 (90%)	see, perceive, look, behold (basic active sight)
Niphal	101 (8%)	appear, be seen, show oneself (passive/reflexive)
Hiphil	62 (5%)	cause to see, show, reveal, make experience
Hithpael	5	look upon one another; look at oneself
Hophal	4	be made to see, be shown
Pual	1	be seen

Tallied from hebrew_parser.py output on lemma ראה (1,473 parsed occurrences). The Qal dominates; Niphal is the standard stem for divine/theophanic "appearing" (Gen 12:7 "the LORD appeared"); Hiphil is the classical "show/reveal" stem (Exod 33:18 harʾēnî, "show me").

Translation Distribution (KJV)¶

Translation	Verses	%
saw / he saw / and saw / I saw	~290	24%
see / shall see / to see / let me see	~240	20%
appear / appeared / shall appear	~55	5%
behold / beheld	~40	3%
look / looked / look on / look upon	~45	4%
shew / shewed / shew me	~40	3%
consider / considered	~15	1%
perceive / perceived / discern	~8	1%
regard / respect	~8	1%
seer	~6	1%
Other (auxiliary/contextual renderings)	~460	37%

Aggregated from 200+ micro-translations in the gather output. KJV assigns sense contextually rather than by fixed gloss.

Distribution by Book¶

Book	Count	Per 100 Verses
Ecclesiastes	43	19.4
Habakkuk	7	12.5
Lamentations	16	10.4
Zechariah	20	9.5
Genesis	132	8.6
Esther	14	8.4
1 Samuel	67	8.3
2 Kings	56	7.8
Deuteronomy	66	6.9
Exodus	80	6.6
Judges	40	6.5
Amos	9	6.2
2 Samuel	42	6.0
Isaiah	76	5.9
Ezekiel	65	5.1
Leviticus	44	5.1
Daniel	17	4.8
Jeremiah	66	4.8
Job	48	4.5
Psalms	99	4.0
Numbers	44	3.4
...	...	...

Observations: Ecclesiastes is the most concentrated by density (the Qoheleth "I saw / I have seen" formula). Genesis has the highest absolute count (narrator's perception-driven storytelling — "and God saw"). Prophetic/vision books (Zech, Hab, Ezek, Dan) all fall above average. Strikingly low in wisdom collections that use other sight verbs — Proverbs (1.4) prefers נָבַט (nābaṭ) and בִּין (bîn).

Semantic Categories¶

1. Ordinary Physical Sight¶

Gen 1:4 — "God saw the light, that it was good" (creation-week formula)
Gen 27:1 — "Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see"
1 Sam 3:2 — "his eyes began to wax dim, that he could not see"
2 Kgs 6:17 — "LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see"

2. Prophetic / Visionary Seeing¶

Gen 15:1 — "the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision… I am thy shield"
Num 24:4 — Balaam: "which saw the vision of the Almighty"
Isa 6:1 — "I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne"
Amos 7:1 — "Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed (hirʾanî) unto me; and, behold"
Dan 8:2 — "I saw in a vision… and I saw in a vision"
Dan 10:7 — "I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that were with me saw not the vision"
Zech 1:8 — "I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse"

3. Theophany / Divine Appearance (Niphal)¶

Gen 12:7 — "the LORD appeared (nirʾâ) unto Abram"
Gen 17:1 — "the LORD appeared to Abram, and said… I am God Almighty"
Exod 3:2 — "the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire"
Dan 8:1 — "a vision appeared (nirʾâ) unto me, even unto me Daniel"

4. Causative "Show / Reveal" (Hiphil)¶

Gen 12:1 — "unto a land that I will shew thee (arʾekkā)"
Exod 33:18 — "I beseech thee, shew me (harʾēnî) thy glory"
Deut 34:1 — "the LORD shewed him all the land"
Hab 1:3 — "Why dost thou shew me (tarʾēnî) iniquity?"

5. Mental Perception / Consideration¶

Gen 42:1 — "Jacob saw (way-yarʾ) that there was corn in Egypt" (learned, inferred)
Ecc 1:14 — "I have seen all the works that are done under the sun"
Ecc 2:3 — "till I might see what was that good for the sons of men"
Prov 6:6 — "Go to the ant… consider (rᵉʾēh) her ways"

6. Provide / Select (Idiomatic Qal)¶

Gen 22:8 — "God will provide (yirʾeh) himself a lamb"
Gen 22:14 — "Jehovah-jireh" (YHWH yirʾeh, "The LORD will see/provide")
1 Sam 16:1 — "I have provided (rāʾîtî) me a king among his sons"

7. Experience / Undergo¶

Ps 16:10 — "neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption"
Ps 49:9 — "not see corruption"
Ecc 9:9 — "Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest… for that is thy portion"
Jer 5:12 — "neither shall we see sword nor famine"

8. Technical Noun Derivative — "Seer" (rōʾeh)¶

1 Sam 9:9 — "he that is now called a Prophet (nābîʾ) was beforetime called a Seer (rōʾeh)"
2 Sam 15:27 — "Art not thou a seer? (hărōʾeh)"
Isa 30:10 — "Which say to the seers, See not"

Common Collocations¶

Word	Strong's	Co-occurrences	Typical Pattern
אָמַר (ʼâmar)	H559	333x (28%)	"and he saw… and said" narrative chain
יְהֹוָה (YHWH)	H3068	314x (26%)	"the LORD saw / I saw the LORD" (divine subject or object)
עַיִן (ʻayin)	H5869	174x (14%)	"eyes of / before mine eyes" (instrument of seeing)
בּוֹא (bôʼ)	H935	168x (14%)	"came and saw" (arrival → perception)
הִנֵּה (hinnêh)	H2009	153x (13%)	"and, behold" — vision/discovery marker after רָאָה
פָּנִים (pânîym)	H6440	149x (12%)	"see the face of" (presence, audience)
אֶרֶץ (ʼerets)	H776	148x (12%)	"see the land" (surveying, possessing)
אֱלֹהִים (ʼĕlôhîym)	H430	142x (12%)	"God saw / saw God"
עָשָׂה (ʻâsâh)	H6213	125x (10%)	"saw… and did" (perception → action)
יִשְׂרָאֵל	H3478	120x (10%)	"Israel saw / saw Israel" (covenant witnessing)

Word Family / Cognates¶

H7203 רֹאֶה (rōʾeh) — "seer" (Qal active participle used as technical title; Samuel, 1 Sam 9:9)
H7207 רַאֲוָה (raʾăwâ) — "sight, gazingstock" (hapax)
H7210 רֳאִי (rŏʾî) — "sight, vision, appearance"
H4758 מַרְאֶה (marʾeh) — "appearance, sight, vision"; the vision-object noun in Dan 8:15, 26, 27; 9:23; 10:1, 6, 7, 8, 16, 18 (co-occurs with H7200 in Dan 8:15 — "when I had seen the vision…")
H4759 מַרְאָה (marʾâ) — "vision" (feminine; Dan 10:7, 8, 16; used for angelic/night vision)

Synonyms¶

No direct synonyms were returned by search_relationships.py for H7200.

Antonyms¶

No antonyms were returned by search_relationships.py for H7200.

Easily Confused Words¶

Word	Strong's	Shared Translation	Key Difference
חָזָה (châzâh)	H2372	"see," "behold," "look"	chazah = poetic/visionary "gaze" — almost exclusively prophetic perception (noun chazon = vision); rāʾâh is the general verb spanning ordinary sight + revelation
חֲזָא (chăzâʼ)	H2370	"I saw," "saw"	Aramaic cognate of H2372; used throughout Dan 2, 4, 7 (Aramaic chapters) for Nebuchadnezzar's and Daniel's visions — where the Hebrew chapters (Dan 8–12) switch back to H7200
נָבַט (nâbaṭ)	H5027	"look," "looked"	nâbaṭ = intentional gaze/regard ("look with attention"); rāʾâh = perceive
שָׁקַף (shâqaph)	H8259	"looked"	shâqaph = lean out, look down from above (window-looking); narrow idiom
צָפָה (tsâphâh)	H6822	"watch," "look"	watchman's seeing — scan the horizon; rāʾâh does not carry the sentinel nuance
יָדַע (yâdaʻ)	H3045	— (not shared gloss)	yâdaʻ is the cognitive-knowing parallel often paired: "saw and knew" (Gen 42:8; Exod 2:25)

Critical contrast for Daniel's visions: Dan 7 (Aramaic) uses H2370 chăzâʼ for "I saw" throughout; Dan 8–12 (Hebrew) shifts to H7200 rāʾâh (along with noun marʾeh/marʾâ). H2372 châzâh is the standard Hebrew poetic/prophetic "gaze" verb (Isa 1:1 "vision [chāzôn] which he saw [chāzâh]"), but Daniel's Hebrew prose uses the plainer H7200 instead, reserving the chaz- root for the noun chāzôn (Dan 8:1, 8:13, 9:21, 10:14).

Semantic Domains¶

UBS / Relationship Domains¶

[002004001005] See — the primary visual-perception field.
[002001001003] Alive — reflects idioms such as "see life."
[002001001004] Asleep — reflects visionary sleep/stupor overlap surfaced by the relationship index.
[002001001019] Dead — reflects idioms such as "see death" and "see corruption."
[002003003019] Safe — captures constructions such as seeing good or peace.
[002002001017] Space — a broad locative/appearance grouping returned by search_relationships.py.
[002003003022] Unsafe — captures constructions such as seeing evil or trouble.

LXX Mapping¶

Greek Equivalent	Strong's	Co-occurrences	PMI	Notes
ὁράω (horáō)	G3708	948	4.05	Primary equivalent — ~79% of renderings; covers full semantic range; aorist stem εἴδον (eidon)
δεικνύω (deiknýō)	G1166	62	3.86	Standard for Hiphil "show / reveal"
βλέπω (blépō)	G991	44	3.23	"Look at, perceive" — narrow visual sense
ὀφθαλμός (ophthalmós)	G3788	131	2.34	Noun "eye" — collocational, not direct rendering
ἀναβλέπω (anablépō)	G308	19	3.75	"Look up / recover sight"
ἐπεῖδον (epeîdon)	G1896	13	3.57	"Look upon / regard" (intensive aorist)
κατανοέω (katanoéō)	G2657	12	3.45	"Consider, observe fully" — renders reflective sense

Primary bridge: H7200 → G3708 ὁράω (948 co-occurrences, PMI 4.05). The LXX also uses the suppletive aorist εἴδον and perfect ἑώρακα; for Dan 8:15 bə-rōʾōṯî, LXX Theodotion has ἐν τῷ ἰδεῖν με (infinitive aorist), preserving the infinitive construct + subject-suffix syntax.